Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution, 1859 Vols for 1849-1963/64 include "General appendix to the Smithsonian report" (varies slightly) |
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... trees has long been contemplated , but as no appropria- tion has been made by Congress for this purpose , the Patent Office , conjointly with this Institution , has taken the preliminary steps by issuing a circular asking for seeds of ...
... trees has long been contemplated , but as no appropria- tion has been made by Congress for this purpose , the Patent Office , conjointly with this Institution , has taken the preliminary steps by issuing a circular asking for seeds of ...
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... Columbus , Ga . Montgomery , Ala . Lower Peach Tree , Ala . Mobile , Ala . Gainesville , Miss . New Orleans , La . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . The Executive Committee respectfully METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVERS . 73.
... Columbus , Ga . Montgomery , Ala . Lower Peach Tree , Ala . Mobile , Ala . Gainesville , Miss . New Orleans , La . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . The Executive Committee respectfully METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVERS . 73.
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... trees usually need but slight precautions for their preservation intact . Those on the ground often require to be secured against falling to pieces by a little judicious tying together , or even by a few coarse stitches with a thread ...
... trees usually need but slight precautions for their preservation intact . Those on the ground often require to be secured against falling to pieces by a little judicious tying together , or even by a few coarse stitches with a thread ...
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... trees into his umbrella , or folding net , and must select for this purpose open paths , the edges , & c . The trunks of trees , gates , and felled timber , should be carefully examined , as many of the Lepidoptera and Coleoptera are ...
... trees into his umbrella , or folding net , and must select for this purpose open paths , the edges , & c . The trunks of trees , gates , and felled timber , should be carefully examined , as many of the Lepidoptera and Coleoptera are ...
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... trees in ants ' nests ; in fungi , on leaves of plants , especially on the low trees and shrubbery on the edges of forests and streams ; in dead carcases of animals ; in excrement . Many are seen flying and alighting again in roads ...
... trees in ants ' nests ; in fungi , on leaves of plants , especially on the low trees and shrubbery on the edges of forests and streams ; in dead carcases of animals ; in excrement . Many are seen flying and alighting again in roads ...
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Página 7 - I mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Página 211 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Página 13 - That, in proportion as suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington...
Página 9 - The emphasis upon publications as a means of diffusing knowledge was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph Henry articulated a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge not strictly professional.
Página 11 - Also catalogues of memoirs, and of books in foreign libraries, and other materials, should be collected for rendering the institution a centre of bibliographical knowledge, whence the student may be directed to any work which he may require.
Página 9 - ... 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made. (1.) System of extended meteorological observations for solving the problem of American storms.
Página 11 - With reference to the collection of books, other than those mentioned above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States...
Página 8 - In order to make up for the loss of time occasioned by the delay of eight years in establishing the Institution, a considerable portion of the interest which has accrued should be added to the principal.
Página 8 - It should be recollected that mankind in general are to be benefited by the bequest, and that, therefore, all unnecessary expenditure on local objects would be a perversion of the trust. 14. Besides the foregoing considerations deduced immediately from the will of Smithson, regard must be had to certain requirements of the act of Congress establishing the...
Página 7 - These two objects should not be confounded with one another. The first is to enlarge the existing stock of knowledge by the addition of new truths ; and the second, to disseminate knowledge, thus increased, among men. 6. The will makes no restriction in favor of any particular kind of knowledge ; hence all branches are entitled to a share of attention.